3-year-old girl seriously injured in Phelps County crash

By Ryan Shiner

Published July 9, 2026 9:48 PM

COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A 3-year-old girl and 33-year-old woman from Newburg were both seriously injured in a Thursday morning crash at a Phelps County intersection, according to a crash report from the Missouri State Highway Patrol.

The report says the crash occurred at County Roads 6120 and 6110. The woman drove her 2005 Chevrolet Malibu westbound when it went off the right side of the road and hit a tree, the report says.

Neither person wore a safety device, the report says. They were brought to a hospital in Columbia by ambulance, the report says. The Chevrolet was totaled.

MSHP reports do not name those involved in crashes.

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